Status information sharing system and user terminal device for sharing status information of user handling plurality of user terminal devices, and server device for managing user terminal devices, as well as control method thereof and storage medium storing program for method

• US 20020049709A1
• Filed: 05/04/2001
• Published: 04/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kato, Masami, Tadokoro, Yoshihisa, Miyasaki, Takashi, Sakakibara, Ken
• Application Number:
  US09/848,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20020049709A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor

Abstract

A status information sharing system for sharing status information of users who handle a plurality of user terminal devices is provided, wherein the status information sharing system generates accurate latest status information, for example, a work status, a presence status and a schedule based on a status of a user or a schedule in schedule information of the user and provides the other users of the generated latest status information.

Claims

1. A status information sharing system for managing status information of users who handle user terminal devices, comprising:

user status recognizing means for recognizing statuses of the users who handle said user terminal device;

schedule information retrieving means for retrieving present schedules from schedule information of the users; and

status information generating means for generating status information of the users based on said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing means and said present schedules retrieved by said schedule information retrieving means.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said schedule information retrieving means retrieves last schedules from said schedule information, and said status information generating means generates status information of the users based on said present and last schedules retrieved by said schedule information retrieving means and said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing means.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said schedule information retrieving means retrieves next schedules from said schedule information, and said status information generating means generates status information of the users based on said present and next schedules retrieved by said schedule information retrieving means and said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing means.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said schedule information retrieving means retrieves past schedules from said schedule information, and said status information generating means generates status information of the users based on said present and past schedules retrieved by said schedule information retrieving means and said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing means.

5. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

schedule information updating means for updating said present schedules of said schedule information based on said status information generated by said status information generating means.

6. A system according to claim 1, further comprising:

counting means for counting a duration of a predetermined status if any of said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing means is said predetermined status, wherein

said status information generating means generates status information set in advance according to the duration counted by said counting means.

7. User terminal devices that are capable of communicating with a server device managing schedules of users who handle the user terminal devices, comprising:

user status recognizing means for recognizing statuses of the users who handle the user terminal devices; and

status information receiving means for receiving status information, which is generated based on said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing means, from said server device.

8. A server device that is capable of communicating with user terminal devices, comprising:

schedule information retrieving means for retrieving present schedules from schedule information of users who handle said user terminal devices;

user status retrieving means for retrieving statuses of the users; and

status information generating means for generating status information of the users based on said present schedules retrieved by said schedule information retrieving means and said statuses of the users retrieved by said user status retrieving means.

9. A control method for controlling user terminal devices that are capable of communicating with a server device for managing schedules of users who handle the user terminal device, comprising:

a user status recognizing step for recognizing statuses of the users who handle said user terminal device; and

a status information receiving step for receiving status information, which is generated based on said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing step, from said server device.

10. A control method for controlling a server device that is capable of communicating with user terminal devices, comprising:

a schedule information retrieving step for retrieving present schedules from schedule information of users who handle said user terminal devices;

a user status retrieving step for retrieving statuses of the users; and

a status information generating step for generating status information of the users based on said present schedules retrieved by said schedule information retrieving step and said statuses of the users retrieved by said user status retrieving step.

11. A storage medium storing a program for controlling user terminal devices that are capable of communicating with a server device managing schedules of users who handle the user terminal devices, wherein the program comprising:

a user status recognizing step for recognizing statuses of the users who handle said user terminal device; and

a status information receiving step for receiving status information, which is generated based on said statuses of the users recognized by said user status recognizing step, from said server device.

12. A storage medium storing a program for controlling a server device that is capable of communicating with user terminal devices, wherein the program comprising:

a schedule information retrieving step for retrieving a present schedules from schedule information of users who handle said user terminal devices;

a user status retrieving step for retrieving statuses of the users; and

a status information generating step for generating status information of the users based on said present schedules retrieved by said schedule information retrieving step and said statuses of the users retrieved by said user status retrieving step.